Influence of wind generation on the socioeconomic dynamics of the territory of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Rafael Aguiar da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Azevedo, Francisco Fransualdo de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Geotemas
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.apps.uern.br/index.php/GEOTemas/article/view/2776
• topic: Energia eólica; Contexto socioeconômico; Território; João Câmara/RN; Wind energy; Socioeconomic context; Territory; João Câmara/RN; Energí­a eólica; Contexto socioeconómico; Territorio; João Câmara/RN

With the significant growth in electricity generation in the north of Rio Grande do Norte, wind activity is a driving force for changes in the territorial bases of the municipalities that generate energy, including João Câmara/RN. From this context, this paper aims to analyze the influence of wind activity on the socioeconomic situation of João Câmara/RN, highlighting the changes in urban and rural perimeters. For that, the research is characterized of qualitative nature with methodological procedures that have documentary character and field study. The wind sector located in João Câmara (energy produced, number of wind farms and wind turbines in operation and active companies), economic variables (employment, land tenure, tax collection and business activities) and social (actions developed in rural areas where wind farms are located). From this, it was found that the socioeconomic changes arising from wind activity in the territory of João Câmara are not very expressive and visibly concentrated. In the urban environment, the economic improvement of trade, growth in tax collection and increased land valuation, and in the rural environment, the social benefit limited to the compensatory measures carried out by the companies together with the municipal management, not characterizing the socioeconomic development exalted in the discourse that sustains wind activity.